Benjamin price



(No Model.)

, B. PRICE. BOTTLE STOPPING DEVICE.

No. 539,487. Patented May 21, 1895.

WITNESSES [as co. FNDTD-Llf UNITED STATES PATENT O ICE.

BENJAMIN PRICE, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

BOTTLE-8T0 PP'ING D EVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 539,487, dated. May 21,1895.

Application filed February 5, 1895. Serial No. 537,327. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN PRICE, of the city of Baltimore and Stateof Maryland, have invented a new and useful Improvement inBottle-Stopping Devices, of which the following is a full specification.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the device, of which- Figure 1 is aview of a bottle having its neck inclined downwardly somewhat in theshape of a truncated cone. Fig. 2 is a view of the under edge of themetallic cap for the bottle and showing the neck of the bottle insection. Fig. 3' is a side sectional view of the bottle-neck with thestopper in place and the metallic cap surrounding the neck of the bottlewith the surplus metal pinched up; Fig. 4, a view of the under side ofbottle-neck and cap on line 3 3, Fig. 3. Figs. 5 and 6 are viewsillustrating the pinched-up metal turned or flattened on itself. Fig. 7illustrates abottle with an inclined neck and provided with a shoulderand a flap turned under the shoulder. neck provided with a strip orstrips in the material, with grooves between them; Fig. 8 a cap for thisbottle having a pendent solid flange cut out in portions of its underedge to provide a flap to be turned under the shoulder. Fig. 8 shows acap in place upon the head of the bottle with the flap turned undershoulder and the surplusmaterial pinched up or indented between thestrips on the bottle-head; Fig. 9, a bottle of the same order with capin place and indented to take up the surplus metal; Fig. 10, a capprovided with indentations near the folding part to aid the pinche'rs intaking up the metal; Fig. 11, a bottle with rounded lip, showing capwith material pinched up. Fig. 12 shows pinchers for taking up surplusmetal on cap.

The bottle stopping device illustrated in the above drawings belongs tothat class in which a sheet metal cap is used in conjunction withdevices, such as india rubber, cork, paper, textile fabric, or otherflexibleor elastic material, to close the mouth of the bottle, the capserving to hold the stopper in place. Such cap is usually made of tin orother stiff metal, and the requirements of the structure are that whenthe bottle is stopped or plugged the cap should be capable of holding itin Fig-8' illustrates part of the inclined,

place, present a finished appearance and capa ble of being removed whenrequired. Whenever in such devices a cap is placed over the stopper of abottle having a pendent flange surrounding the stopper and neck of thebottle, if such neck should-be constructed so that at any part thereofsurrounded by the pendent flange of the cap, should be of smallerdiameter than the flange, there remains some surplus metal to be takenup in the flange to close it nicely around the neck of the bottle, tohold it in place and also to present a neat appearance and this happensin cases where the bottle neck recedes, and also in cases where ashoulder is made on the bottle where the space is smaller either aboveor below the shoulder or both.

In the drawings, A represents the neck of a bottle of the classdescribed. As shown in Fig. 1, this neck recedes from the top, and whena flanged cap B is placed over such a neck its lower'edge will stand outfrom the sides of the neck, and the metal at that point 'should be takenup and adjusted to the material of the bottle. My plan for doing this,is to pinch the metal up, so that it will be doubled together. Fig. '2shows the metal prepared and ready to be pinched together at I), whileFigs. 3 and 4 show them closed together. WVhen a flanged cap is placedover a cork or other stopping device and the flange pinched up, as shownin section in Fig. 3, the metal of the flange would be united closely tothe sides of the bottle and be quite strong as a holding device. Shouldthere be a pressure from within against the lower side of the'stopper itwould require much force to draw away such a cap over the uppersurrounding edge of the bottle mouth; while such a structure avoids thenecessity of preparing the flange with corrugations to be afterwardcompressed into shape upon the bottle neck. A cap like this may be usedupon a bottle of man'y different shapes, whether straight, inclinedinwardly or outwardly, or with or without a head or shoulder. I prefer,however, the shape shown in the figures, of the downwardly inclinedneck. It may also be used with a flexible lining inside of the cap.

The different figures of the drawings show a number of ways in which theinvention may be applied. The holding capacity of the ICO flange may beincreased by doubling the metal over on itself, as shown in Figs. 5 and6, which may also add to the finish of its appearance.

In Fig. '7, there is shown a bottle with a receding neck provided with ashoulder. In this figure the metal of the flange is pinched up and drawntogether, and the flange is provided with a flap 19 to be bent undershoulder. Thus there is combined with this holding device an additionalsecurity.

Figs. 8', 8 and 8 show respectively a bottle provided with a strip orlug, a cap to be fitted thereto, and the bottle and cap in place. InFig. 8 the flange is shown at oneside of the strip as pinched up and onthe other side indented. The pinched up part is shown at b, and thecompression or indentation at b In Fig. 12 is shown a device which maybe used to pinch up the metal of the flange and unite it to the materialof the bottle. In order to assist in getting the metal together it maybe indented or milled near the part to be pinched to enable the pinchersto take better hold, as shown at M, Fig. 10.

A good way to apply the invention is to stamp up the cap into propershape with or without a lining, press it over the mouth of the bottleand compress it, then pinch up the metal, and turn it over, and, if usedwith a bottle having a shoulder, compress the flap of the cap under theshoulder. Should there be additional metal to take up then it should beindented.

When a bottle is provided with a cap as above described, it possessesother advantages. The cap having been prepared as shown in Fig. 2 itwill go over the neck of any bottle in a set when the sizes may varywithin certain dimensions, as the metal will open or yield Where it isbent at b, and when the metal is compressed and it is desired to releasethecap, the insertion of a pointedinstrument between the folds, opensthe flange, increases its diameter and permits it to be readily takenoff.

What I claim, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a bottle stopping device, the combination with a bottle neckprovided with a receding part upon its outer circumference, of a stopperfor the mouth of said bottle, a sheet metal holding cap inclosing thestopper, provided with a continuous pendent flange surrounding thebottle neck having its surplus metal folded and pinched together, andthen doubled or flattened upon itself.

2. In a bottle stopping device, the combination with a bottle neckhaving a receding part upon its outer circumference and provided with aledge or shoulder, of a stopper for the mouth of said bottle, a sheetmetal holding cap inclosing the stopper and provided with a continuouspendent flange surrounding the bottle neck and cut out at its lower edgeto provide a flap, the surplus metal on said flange pinched or foldedtogether, and the flap bent under the ledge of the bottle.

Signed at New York,in the county of New York and State of New York, this31st day of January, A. D. 1895.

BENJAMIN PRICE.

Witnesses:

CHAS. W. THOMPSON, M. G. MILLE

